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Oh Buddy, what a beautiful soul. You can tell he loved having the pups around, even crawling all over him. So gorgeous.

If I had kids I'm 100% sure I'd feel differently. Saving the kids would be absolute priority and I think I would be less inclined to risk myself for the animals if I had kids. I also don't judge anyone who feels they would leave their pets if they had to, it's such a personal thing. I really hope none of us have to go through it (although I know there are those who have ) In a fire I think I would fight to get the animals out until I physically couldn't.

I was going to say he looks like a clever boy already! That expression, he's already doing the "really mum?" face :laugh:

I've been thinking about this too, watching people get airlifted out of flood waters. I was imaging if I had the animals with me and they wouldn't take them what I would do. I just don't think I could leave them alone and frightened and really with no chance But that would mean I would not really have a chance either. So I agree Jumabaar, if there was serious risk I would gather the animals and leave early, rather than stay and try to save the house or anything. I'm lucky not to live in a high risk area of floods or bushfires though, and should have plenty of notice to get out.

Oh no I'm no help advice wise but I'm so sorry, poor little guys. I so hope they can be treated and recover well

Baby Sheltie fluff balls!!

Daisy is ADORABLE!! Love the name What a good little girl too, can't wait to hear more about her adventures :)

Puppy Erik Kivi was clearly never going to boss him around :laugh:

I noticed after I posted that you were o/s and wondered whether Kelpie or BC would be common :p His face does look Belgian-y (tho I'm certainly no expert), maybe GSD x Belgian (one of the varieties)??

I can see some mix of GSD/BC/kelpie. He is adorable If you decide to keep him you could be in for a lot of dog :laugh:

Go enjoy your pup and I am sure your papers will arrive soon (hopefully).

Oh, little Orion! Soon cute :) Love the name. baby Golden. They're such cuddly little boofy pups.

Jelly, I agree that you are doing so much for Roo and she is lucky to have you. I so hope that you find something that works for her, and whatever happens, you clearly love her and whatever her issues, I believe she knows that. I do want to say though that I definitely understand where you are coming from Caz

Totally agree with Glen :D Sammy is such a little character. I can't believe how fast he's growing up!

Great advice, I will remember it for when I need it

I agree that if a breeder is aware of a significant behavioural or health problem in one of their pups they should keep it themselves or give/sell at a discount to someone they are sure knows what the issue will entail over the pup's life and are prepared to take it on.

Oh yep! 3 baby puppies in 2.5 years here! I'm taking a break now. Funnily enough my toy poodle x malt is still the only one who will willingly go out in the rain, my two working breeds I have to take out and wait with them *rollyeyes*

Oh no She is lovely. I'm sorry there is no way I can help, hopefully someone can, but just bear in mind that sometimes when everything has been tried the kindest thing is to give a loved pet a peaceful passing.

Thank you for clarifying that :) I sort of think that either a puppy is suitable to be sold as a pet to a particular home - in your case a family with kids - or it isn't. That includes a reasonable assessment from the breeder that the pup's temperament will be suitable for your home based on the info available to them, and a reasonable assumption that the pup will grow up healthy, again based on info at the time. I feel like the breeder should either be confident of that and therefore sell you the pup at the same price as the rest of their pups, or decide that the pup needs a different sort of home - maybe more suited to a timid pup, and maybe more familiar with what the jaw issues may entail. I wouldn't have a problem with the breeder saying to the right home that they will sell for less as there will likely be additional costs over pups lifetime, I just don't feel that comfortable with them sort of saying this pup isn't really what you're after but if you take I'll give you a discount... I hope that makes sense. ETA - on the flip side, I also would not be comfortable with a buyer sayings the pup's not quite what we're looking for but we'll take it for a discount Edited to fix a weird autocorrect!

After just reading the thread in News about dog attacks in the US (which is interesting but sad) I just keep thinking don't ever leave them unattended together, no matter how well they seem to get along. I know you probably wouldn't have anyway :)

Oh no, how awful to see You did what you could, I too hope he's made it home.

Yep, this is what gave me the irresponsible vibe from the owner. Says she has no intentions of breeding her husky but says she would have been happy to do it anyway. That's what I mean about breeding on a whim. That's the irresponsible part in my eyes. That's what I thought too.

Very interesting, but so sad to read. All those babies I'd say every single one was fairly easily presentable. The only ones that could POSSIBLY not have been reasonably foreseen to happen (IMO) are the roaming dog on adult attacks, where the dog/s had no record of previously being lose or causing harm, or where the dog was not identified. It's possible I suppose that the dogs involved in those incidents had never gotten out or shown aggression towards humans before so the owners were unaware their dogs were capable of either... So many tragedies and I hope people learn from them, especially that you just cannot let your guard down where kids and dogs are involved.

Oh and I agree that some dogs take longer to get it, I'm not convinced that my middle dog, who is nearly 2, actually "gets" it, I think he's mainly just following the crowd and copying the other two :laugh:

Agree with everyone :) Like WeimMe says, add a command word if you aren't already. I use "toilet" as well in a high, happy tone but you can use a possibly more effective but more embarrassing word like "wee wees" :laugh: At this stage don't say it until he is actually going, so as soon as he starts to go you say the command word, pause for a second then tell him "yes" and reward with heaps of praise and even treats. He's too young still to have full control of his bladder, so he won't quite be able to go on command and hold until he is given the command, so treat the next few weeks as a training period, expect a few more mistakes, then once he's old enough to have control he will have connected both going outside and the command with what you want him to do :)